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South Melbourne Cricket & Football Grandstand and Press Box

Other Name Lakeside Oval Location Lakeside Oval, Albert Road,, ALBERT PARK VIC 3206 - Property No B6652 File Number B6652 Level State

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Statement of Significance

The South Melbourne Cricket & Football Club Grandstand, constructed in 1926 to replace an earlier grandstand destroyed by fire, is of State significance for its advanced structural and interesting decorative design by prominent architects G W Glegg & Morrow and its strong association with Melbourne's greatest sporting past-times, those of cricket and football.
The grandstand is one of the better examples of early twentieth grandstands to survive. It is probably the most stylistically advanced stand to survive from the 1920s . It is one of only two non-symmetrical stands, and with its ornamental gables, prominent vents in the form of ridge lanterns, it is one of the more interesting stands of the 1920s.
The South Melbourne Cricket Club has produced more great cricketers than any other club in the state, and is one of the oldest.
The grandstand found its greatest use as the home to one of the original VFL teams for over 100 years, a team which moved to Sydney in recent years. The ground, and especially the Grandstand, is now the major monument to the former South Melbourne Football Club.
The Press Box, probably constructed in 1892, was the only known such structure to exist in the metropolitan area.
Classified: 05/12/1994